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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Week 07 Dynamic Web TCNJ Jean Chu. Search Volume Growth Over Time. What is SEO?. Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving a websites’ visibility and ranking in the search engines. How Search Engine Works. Crawl. Index. Rank.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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  1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Week 07 Dynamic Web TCNJ Jean Chu

  2. Search Volume Growth Over Time

  3. What is SEO? • Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving a websites’ visibility and ranking in the search engines.

  4. How Search Engine Works Crawl Index Rank

  5. Crawling & Indexing Without links, the engines might never find this page

  6. Crawl Search engines crawl the Web to see what is there. This task is performed by a piece of software, called a crawler or a spider (or Googlebot, as is the case with Google)

  7. Algorithmic Ranking Factors

  8. What affects page rank ? • Number of other websites that link to your website *** Following Results in giving higher ranks • Domain Authority • Diversity of External link Sources

  9. Page Rank • The best way to increase your page rank is for other “popular” websites to link to your website. • If many other “Rank 0” websites link to your website, that won’t amount to very much. • If a few “Rank 5” websites link to your website, your own websites page rank might increase. John Kuiphoff’s Class Design Fundamentals for the Web http://www.socialsyllabus.com/calendar.php?state=viewentry&course=1&entry=29

  10. Organic vs Paid search Paid Organic http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  11. Organic vs Paid search 10% of Clicks 90% of Clicks http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  12. What do the robots see?

  13. What do the robots see? • Texts • Title • Meta Description Tag • Links • H1, H2, H3, H(x) • Body texts • Image alt

  14. Better www.adioso.com/seattle/british-airways-flights Clean, CrawlableURLs as Keywords www.adioso.com/cat61/british www.adioso.com/cat61/174 www.adioso.com/f?ID=174 www.adioso.com/f?cat=61&?ID=174 Worse cdn6.fly.adioso.com/f?cat=61&?ID=174&CustID=5afsdf21 http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  15. Better Usability Testing Software | UserTesting.com Title Tags UserTesting.com | Usability Testing Software Usability Testing Software Usability Testing, Usability Test, User Testing, User Software UserTesting.com Worse NA http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  16. Meta Description Tag <head> <title>My title</title> <meta name="description" content="This is my description" /> </head>

  17. Meta Keywords? The googlesearch engines don’t use since the early 2000s. However bing still uses meta keywords tag http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  18. Body Text Keyword Usage http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  19. Images & Alt Attributes Keywords in alt attributes are surprisingly well correlated with higher rankings http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  20. H1, H2, H3 Headlines Keywords in H(x) tags are not particularly well correlated with high rankings, but may provide some, minor value. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

  21. Page Depth • The number of required clicks to get to a page from the homepage. Pages that are available in one click are deemed more important than those that are nearly hidden and require more than 3 clicks to reach. John Kuiphoff’s Class Design Fundamentals for the Web http://www.socialsyllabus.com/calendar.php?state=viewentry&course=1&entry=29

  22. Internal Links • The more internal links you have that point to a certain page, the more important search engines believe that page to be. • A common page that ranks well on almost every site is the homepage, because every other page on your website usually has a link back to the homepage. John Kuiphoff’s Class Design Fundamentals for the Web http://www.socialsyllabus.com/calendar.php?state=viewentry&course=1&entry=29

  23. Preferably All on a Single Sub/Root Domain http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.seomoz.org/blog/understanding-root-domains-subdomains-vs-subfolders-microsites

  24. Logical, Shallow Information Architecture http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.seomoz.org/blog/diagrams-for-solving-crawl-priority-indexation-issues

  25. Make your site Searchable

  26. Keywords • Think like an regular person, not an industry expert • Analyze your competition • Think local • Use the free tools (Google Analytics, Google Adwords)

  27. Keywords • Broad keywords: Short, not specific. Example: music, electronics • Specific keywords: many adjectives or words that make the search very targeted.Example: using a jQueryphotogallery • Branded keywords: words that are specific to your company or brandExample: radiohead John Kuiphoff’s Class Design Fundamentals for the Web http://www.socialsyllabus.com/calendar.php?state=viewentry&course=1&entry=29

  28. Keyword usage • Keywords Density: the number of times your keywords are mentioned in your site. If it's too much, you'll look like a spammer; if it's too little, you won't look like a relevant match and the search engines won't consider your site. • Keyword Variation: Altering versions of your keywords will help you capture hidden search engine traffic. • Similar Keywords: closely related topics to your keywords that will aide the search engines in correctly categorizing your traffic. John Kuiphoff’s Class Design Fundamentals for the Web http://www.socialsyllabus.com/calendar.php?state=viewentry&course=1&entry=29

  29. http://www.seomoz.org/blog

  30. http://www.seomoz.org/blog

  31. Submit to google http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/

  32. Google Webmaster Tools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

  33. Tools • Google Webmaster Tools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools

  34. References • http://www.tizag.com/SEOTutorial/ • http://www.webconfs.com/seo-tutorial/

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